Kolkata:

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday, claimed that though she and her occasion Trinamool Congress are an integral a part of the opposition INDIA bloc, the West Bengal unit of Congress and CPI-M will not be included in it.

“Some are misunderstanding and misinterpreting me. The opposition INDIA bloc was shaped on the nationwide degree. We are going to stay part of that alliance on the nationwide degree. I took the primary initiative within the formation of that opposition bloc. Therefore I’m a part of that nationwide unit. However neither the West Bengal unit of Congress nor the state unit of CPI-M is included in that nationwide bloc. They’re with BJP in West Bengal,” the Chief Minister mentioned whereas addressing an election assembly at Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency in East Midnapore district within the afternoon.

Observers really feel that in all probability the Chief Minister on Monday tried to make clear confusion over two contradictory statements made by her on the opposition INDIA bloc over the past couple of days.

On one hand, she mentioned that the INDIA bloc’s tally within the present Lok Sabha will find yourself at 315 with BJP ending at 195 and then again she mentioned that if the INDIA block is able to kind the federal government on the Centre, Trinamool Congress would offer exterior help to that authorities.

Talking on the event, she referred to the outcomes of the Nandigram meeting constituency, one of many seven seats beneath Tamluk Lok Sabha, within the 2021 West Bengal meeting elections the place she misplaced to the present chief of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari.

“That day, they acquired elected from Nandigram by disconnecting the ability on the counting venue. Every part was modified taking that benefit. I’ve not forgotten that. I’ll take revenge sometime. BJP is not going to be in energy all the time. ED and CBI is not going to be there to guard you ceaselessly. The NIA and Revenue Tax division will even not be with you all the time. I’ll take revenge,” the Chief Minister mentioned.

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